WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Daniela! Congratulations, Daniela! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

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Rise and shine, my friend. 🙂 I hope you slept well and had makeup-filled dreams.

And if you did, hey, how ’bout we try to make those dreams come true with this weekend’s Sephora giveaway?

It only takes to a minute to enter with a comment on this post and/or a Twitter tweet (see details below).

Have an epic day!

What folks are saying…

“Hi Karen!!! Wow, that news definitely gets a hoo ray ray and an elephant!!! (I’ve maybe been watching too much Boardwalk Empire.) Thank you so much!!!”-Shana

“What a lovely surprise it was to see your announcement (after completing one of many exams/papers/projects I have this crazy week)! The eCard will definitely ease expenses for this broke, beauty-obsessed college student. Thank you, Karen and Tabs!!”-Katie

“Thanks so much, Karen. Just in case you were wondering what I got with it, I decided to go with the Clarisonic Mia–I’ve been wanting it for years now, but have never purchased it because of the price. Your eCard helped me finally buy it! I look forward to using it. Thanks again!”-Jane

“Shut the front door! OMG Karen, you have made my day. 🙂 I’m sick in bed with the flu and this has just cheered me up immensely!!!!!!!! BTW, I’m the one that sent you that pic of my pug in a wig a few weeks back LOL! Thanks again, honestly, I’m beyond giddy right now.”-Angel

“Thank you SO much Karen! OMG! Wishes really do come true! I can’t believe I won! You have no idea how much this will help me through the holidays. I’ve been an avid fan of your blog for the past two years. Your witty and creative entries, informative makeup information, and beautiful photos have kept me hooked. I look forward to more of it. Goodness, you’ve
seriously just made my week and it’s only Tuesday night!”-Zharlynne

“Oh my goodness! Thank you so much Karen (and Tabs, of course)! I really appreciate this! I’d been eyeing the Anastasia brow pencil in Strawburn to match my red hair!”-Chelsea (and Jiji the kitten and Quincy the bunny)

One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

There are two ways to enter, and you can do both of them for two chances to win. First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all, like, what’s your favorite kind of cheese? If you could change anything about your brows, what would you change? What was the name of your first pet, and what was he/she like? Liquid, pencil, cream or gel liner? How often do you floss? If you could go anywhere in the world today, where would you go (it doesn’t have to be far)? What are some of your hobbies? — you get the idea.

Second, you can enter by following me on Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:

Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora! http://bit.ly/10LTqd5

The deadline to enter is Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 11:59PM (PT).

Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.

A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.

Contest is open to individuals of any country who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).

Sephora eGift Certificates can only be redeemed online and are not valid in stores or available for purchase or redemption in Canada. International winners may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal instead.

Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.

The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.

Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Daniela! Congratulations, Daniela! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

I love your website so much, I can’t help but check it every day. Just saw your post about the TF + Sephora palette and I am seriously intrigued, do you think it would be suitable for super-pale skin (especially those bronzers!)? If I win this I’d love to give it as a present to my dear mom for mother’s day.

I overplucked my brows in middle school and some patches never really recovered. If I could change them, I’d make them grow in nice and even, with no odd sparse spots! And maybe make them a little less unruly, haha.
If I could go anywhere right now, I’d head over to anywhere in Europe. A vacation right now would be amazinnggggg (and so would a Sephora gift card!).Jay @ Wayfaring Beauty recently posted … KBShimmer Southern Belle Soap Review

As a recent graduate, I’m currently worried about finding enough experience to find a focus for graduate school, and naturally internships help with this. Yet, most of them aren’t paid, and we all need money to stand on our own two feet. Still, if I find a job, I’m worried about having to commit! What do I do?

I wish I could have a pet. I’m allergic to cats & dogs (& horses), which is really no fun as the vast majority of my friends (and even family members) have cats or dogs or they ride horses. Because of this, I started allergy shots a few months ago just for dogs and cats. So every week for 4 months I have to get two shots. After those 4 months are up I have to get 2 shots a month for 3 years. OH VEY!

I tend to gel pencil liners really. Especially the one from TheFaceShop! Works like a charm. Doesn’t smudge and is waterproof. Too bad all of them has shimmers. I can’t find a waterproof black eyeliner yet!

I am quite eyebrow obsessed, and have had thick eyebrows all my life. I used to keep them as arched as possible (while still seeming somewhat natural), but now I’ve gone a bit less arched but still clean (and natural) looking. I do actually want to go thinner with them, but I’m afraid there is no going back once I go thin and it would change my face too much. Maybe I’ll try it out in a couple of years.

Oh I floss every single day! Mostly because I like my dentist back home A LOT and I don’t want to disappoint him LOL. I love to plop myself down on the chair and go:” inspect my pretty well-maintained teeth!”

I floss every day! I like when I go to the dentist and they compliment me on how I take such good care of my teeth…it’s a little sick, I know, but I’ll take those confidence boosts where I can get them. 😛

A dreary rainy day here on Long Island but tomorrow promises to be outstanding! Happy Mothers day to all & any type of Mom’s out there whether a bio Mom, a Step Mom, or a Fur baby or Pet Mom! I am a Mom to a Fur baby Dog~Jack & 5 Turtles~ Jesse, Jamie, Jack, Jerrod & Harriette

I use pencil liner to tightline and waterline, and along the top lash line if I’m in a hurry, but if I have time I love the clean edge I get from gel iner of the lash line. So pretty, and it usually lasts better too!

It is hard to say which is my favorite kind, cause brie is the kind I love for bread , I love blue cheese on pasta and pizza. Parmesan on pasta, Gouda cheese in cubes as snack, I love 4 cheese pasta and four cheese pizza.
hard to choose 🙂

My first Pets where 2 Lucero and Nevado one was a Doberman and the other one was Dutch hound, When I was little , the used to walk with me everywhere protecting me. Both Boys

I have a dog named Armand. He’s a doberman pinscher and my best friend. Last night I told my husband he should be lucky Armand wasn’t human because if he were I’d have married Armand instead of him. He wasn’t nearly as amused by that as Armand & I.

“I want to go to there.” -Liz Lemon. I don’t know why, but I associate you with watching “30 Rock”. I think you get Tina Fey’s humour 🙂 Well, if I were to go anywhere (But home. I miss home.) I would LOVE to go to Italy. I fell in love with the country while taking my art history class. I want to see the art: the paintings, the sculptures, the buildings, the history. *sigh* one day. Happy weekend to you and your fam 🙂

If I could see my mom for the last time again, I would tell her how beautiful she was inside and outside…everybody cares so much about clothes, shoes, make ups and forgets that the most important thing is your family. If I had the chance, I would ask for just 5 minutes with my mom again.

If I could change anything about my eyebrows it would be the color. I swear that my left eyebrow has somehow gotten lighter than my right eyebrow so I have to try and even it out. It’s more noticeable when I have my brows trimmed down than when they are grown out, but I like them trimmed down…darn miscolored eyebrows!

If I win this contest I will go to Sephora and buy a really good topcoat and base coat since I’ve bought so much nail polish lately. And a lip gloss because I can’t enter Sephora without leaving with one!

If I could change anything about my brows, I would make them less curly!! I definitely got my dad’s brow texture, and it means I have to trim them all the time or they go crazy – such a pain in the neck!

I wish my brows had an arch shape to them, but they’re rather straight. I need to work on them more, that was one of my resolutions, but other than keeping them groomed, I haven’t done much in the way of shaping.

Dear K-dawg & T-Money, if I win the gc then I would buy a makeup view master like Mila Jovovich used in the Fifth Element. But since that hasn’t been invented yet (never mind that we’ve put a man on the moon and invented 3-D printing… priorities) I’d settle for some new color in my makeup kit.

I wish my eye brows would grow more evenly. My left brow is pretty good, but the right one has all sorts of weird things going on with it. Note, I’d like them to both to be like the left one… don’t want to jinx myself and end up with two like the right brow tomorrow.

Lucky! I drive an hour and a half to get my eyebrows shaped and groomed. But I wouldn’t trust anyone else, so to me an hour and a half is a small sacrifice for the sake of not looking like Mr. Spock (from Star Trek) :/

My first cat was named Little Bit…my mom got her when she was a kitten and couldn’t decide what to name her…so when she heard the kids on the bus called me little bit(they couldn’t say Elizabeth) She named the little gray kitten Little Bit. We had her for like 17 years. Now I have my first dog and his name is Tooter. He is the love of my life and I love the little furball! P.S. your blog is great ! 🙂

I just recently started doing stuff to my brows and am amazed at the difference it makes! I have reasonably full and well-shaped brows to start with so I always just kind of left them alone – but filling them in a bit really helps define my face. It’s crazy.

I wish my brows were fuller and more similar. i know brows aren’t suppose to be exactly the same but my arches and brow length are different. I’m constantly trying to grow them out to reshape them, but then i get frustrated they they don’t look neat so i pluck them. then i try to grow them out again

I have recently devoted some of my time to feeling better about myself. I did not know a thing about makeup a year ago but have since started a “real job”. I have really dry and rough skin and have always had low self esteem (for many reasons) and I find my makeup time in the morning to be my own little therapy!

I like liquid liner because for me it’s a little easier to apply. I use Lancome’s art liner and I always go over it with black eye shadow to get rid of the shiny look. I have used the L’Oreal one bit it dries way too shiny and its more effort to take away the shine. I also noticed that the L’Oreal one peels off in patches.

My favorite kind of cheese? Manchego, and if I cannot find it, then I stick to Asiago! I would make my brows…permanently stay in shape and make the hair stay flat and straight as opposed to the curly mess it becomes when it grows out a bit. Thanks for letting us have a chance to win this, Karen!

If I could change one thing about my brows… it would be the giant scar that dissects my left brow that I’ve had since childhood. I’m used to it, but it means that the shape of my brows can never be even, so it gets frustrating, plus powder or pencil (even with primer) hates to stick to the thick scar tissue. =[

Well today has been an awesome day. I was on youtube and I follow a lot of beauty channels and I came across some beauty box monthly subscriptions so I watched some reviews and found some pretty awesome websites that will send samples and full sized products to your door for a monthly fee. So I bought some and im just super excited to get them!

I’ve been trying to eat healthy but my downfall is the weekend. If it isn’t drinks out with my girls, it’s lunch somewhere new, or something a friend whipped up– ugh! It’s such a great predicament to be in.

Hi K and T!
I have a recurrent dream since I was young (a loooong time! haha). In my dream, I’m visiting makeup stores and then suddenly, I just pick a bunch of teeny tiny nail enamel multi colored bottles, in one hand fits like a hundred of them, and then I just run as far my feet let me. This dream repeats at least twice a month! And I wake up with a huuuuuge smile in my face! XOXO from Cancun.

2. I got bangs once and then I looked like Little Richard all summer because my hair is naturally curly and I did not take this into account.

3. Right now, my beauty wishlist is heavy on skincare and highlighters. When it gets all mucky in the summer, too much makeup feels stifling. So skin that’s in good shape, a good SPF, a little highlighter or eyeshadow or mascara, and we’re good to go, right?

Oh this would be a gorgeous gift! I’ve developed quite the Laura Mercier crush and frankly my wallet isn’t so smitten. Thank you for the opportunity! And if I could go anywhere in the world I would go to England. It has always been a dream of mine, and hello, men with accents. *swoons*

Yippee !! I want to win , been a fan of your blog for a few years now … I been a make up , beauty and fragrance junkie since I was a pre teen …ahh the day my mom let me shave my legs the heavens opened and sang lol

My fÃ®rst pet was Midnight, and she was a cat. She had long black hair and green eyes-my BFF was a beautiful girl. It took a second out of cancer to take out my buddy, but she had a great life and made my life great.

I don’t floss often enough. Pencil, but I need to learn cream by June to do show makeup for my daughter. I am meticulous about my brows because they tend to be very thick and crazy otherwise. but I’d rather have this than the opposite problem. everyday my tweezers are at the ready!

My first dog ever, a german shepherd , his name was Olim, and I wanted to marry him. I was 7 or 8 and I was asking my mum if it was a possible option to be married with dogs, and I was serious! I cried all the tears of my body when he passed away…RIP mon amour.

Hello! I love trying out new cheeses. At the local co-op there is a little basket with the odds and ends of the cheeses they cut. Since most of them are out of my price range, it’s fun to get a tiny little chunk once in a while. We just got a delicious cheddar from Ireland that was filled with lots of herbs. So tasty!

I just got LASIK this weekend and I’m not allowed to wear eye makeup for a week. So what do I do to treat myself? Buy the aqualillies tarte eye/cheek palette. Now I’m just torturing myself more. Can’t wait to test it out.

I have ‘typical’ Asian brows, sparse in some parts, but I just use Smashbox eyeshadows in Sable and Sumatra, which are matte brown. I love Urban Decay 24/67 eyeliners, and just got into Bobbi Brown gel liners. I have them in the colors Ivy, Espresso, and Mauve black. Have a great day, Karen! XX 🙂

Favorite kind of cheese…oh gosh, this is hard. I do really love the Truffle Cheese at Trader Joe’s, but brie is hard to turn down as well. I just want to eat cheese all day long 😀 As for liner, I’m liquid all the way! Thanks for the giveaway, Karen.Makeup Morsels recently posted … Beauty Blog Link Love 5.11.13

I’d love to tell you a favorite cheese but I am EXTREMELY allergic. This is the point where in every conversation someone goes, “You’re lactose intolerant?” And with a look of clear derision (because I said ALLERGIC not INTOLERANT), I say “No, allergic. My lungs get congested and I can’t breathe.” At which they always respond with “Oh you poor soul, I could never live without pizza/grilled cheese/mac n’ cheese/etc.” Without fail…you probably are having some thoughts right now of what cheese ladened dish you can’t leave without aren’t you? LOL

I like to use a combo of two eyeliners. I have super oily lids and to get stuff to stick and stay is a bit of a production. my current go-to is laying on a thick line on my upper lid with Physician’s Formula Lash Booster 2-in-1 blahblahblah World’s Longest Product Name (the fat sharpie marker version), then I do a thin little accent line extending out to wings with NYX’s Studio Liner, in the black. the NYX takes foreverrrr to dry but it’s amazing and stays all day super black without fading or flaking. sometimes if I’m doing something fancy I do another line in a bold color of the Studio Liner, especially the gold or plum purple.

My favorite type of liner is liquid, since gel and pencil smear on me if I don’t set them. I have two cats named Chaco and Fluffy 🙂 I was born and raised in Hawaii (Maui), but I’m currently attending college in California. I really want to visit Switzerland!

Hey Karen, I spent 2 hours in both Sephora locations in Time Square last Friday night. I tried the Pantone color IQ and it seemed to be pretty accurate. I’ve been trying to find a new foundation recently because everything is making me look orange. I would love to afford the NARS sheer glow (tahoe) that I think was my best match! Anyhoo, If I could go anywhere it would probably be Maldives or Bora Bora. I’m from Jamaica so I know nice beaches but those places just seem peaceful and perfect. I’m currently loving the L’Oreal Infallible super slim eyeliner so I haven’t used my gel liner in a while. BTW I love your unsung series…

Hi Karen and Tabs 🙂
My fave cheese…well I have a few…I love Camembert and this Portuguese cheese from the island of Azores called “Queijo da Ilha” is the best 🙂
My favorite type of liner is pencil. I am not great at applying liner on myself. Pencil makes it easier for me.
I have so many places I would like to go now, if time and circumstances were not an issue. A few places I need to check off my list of spots to visit. Like Greece and Australia and New Zealand. 🙂 My first pet’s name was Gil Vicente (I named him after a Portuguese playwright/Poet). He was an angel. He was a beautiful Samoyed dog that looked like a teddy bear/white wolf. He was extremely intelligent, trilingual, had a HUGE heart and I miss him every single day. He passed away in 02/2009 🙁
I was privileged to have him in my life for almost 14 years. 🙂 xo, Elsa

You know, after today’s 88+ degree weather, I have realized that it’s not the best idea to live in Southern California if you don’t like the heat.
Oh, if only I could blow off the rest of this semester and just spend a year traveling the world.

Man I could use some makeup loving from Sephora!
I need some new face products for the summer….you know, the lighter foundations that won’t make me look like a ghoul at the end of a hot day XD
Thanks for the giveaway girl ~! 🙂